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E-bomb: How America's New Directed Energy Weapons Will Change the Way Future Wars Will Be Fought
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 358.39
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Label: Da Capo Press
Manufacturer: Da Capo Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: October 30, 2006
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Studio: Da Capo Press
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In science fiction, futuristic soldiers are often shown wielding light emitting weapons-Flash Gordon used a ray gun, Captain Kirk carried a phaser, and Darth Vader brandished a light saber. But, today, the imagined future of science fiction is soon to be a reality. After more than two decades of research, the United States is on the verge of deploying a new generation of weapons that discharge light-wave energy, the same spectrum of energy found in your microwave, or in your TV remote control. They're called "directed-energy weapons"-lasers, high-powered microwaves, and particle beams-and they signal a revolution in weaponry, perhaps, more profound than the atomic bomb. The first directed-energy (DE) weapons are being tested right now, and their deployment is planned in the very near future. In The E-Bomb, author J. Douglas Beason, Ph.D. and a leading U.S. expert in directed-energy research, will explain in clear and non technical prose these exotic new weapons and answer the questions that all Americans will ask: What is Directed Energy? How do DE weapons work? What can these DE weapons do? And are these weapons safe to use? As the once-imagined weapons of the future begin to appear on today's battlefields, the timely publication of The E-Bomb will help explain how and why the future is now.
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Rating:  - A thought-provoking portent of the future of military might
Light-emitting weaponry first was portrayed by Flash Gordon and moved through science fiction warfare scenarios to Star Trek and beyond - now, after over twenty years, the U.S. is about to deploy a new generation of weapons which discharge light-wave energy: a revolution which holds even more potential impact than the a-bomb. Directed energy's science, testing, and military plans are surveyed by a leading expert in directed energy research, who uses simple language to answer basic questions about ... Read More
Rating:  - One-Sided Hype
Beason offers a glowing vision of how directed energy weapons will greatly aid urban and nuclear warfare. Seems only natural, since that area has paid his salary for decades. On the other hand, analyses by respected scientists in academia, with presumably no "axe to grind" are uniformly negative on the likely success of this eg. "Star Wars" and point out that such are easily defeated via decoys and reflective surfaces. And what if a short-range ship-launched missile were used? Meanwhile, there ... Read More
Rating:  - An Excellent Introduction, but Only That.
Not too bad a book, but definitely an introductory text. It also has some curious gaps. For instance, it entirely omits Raytheon's VIGILANT EAGLE system for airport defense. It makes very little mention of contributions to DEW from the EW community. Other Active Denial System (ADS) it omits all energy-based non-lethal weapons. Finally, it makes very little mention of HPM-based EM threats. I expected it to at least survey the threats of EMP.
If you really want to learn about this subject, ... Read More
Rating: - Very Informative and Enjoyable read
Coming from the position of a layman this book works very well. It provides simple explanations of the physics behind directed energy weapons such that people without scientific training can understand how they work and what this implies. This is done with the use of diagrams where necessary to explain the point. The book moves forward steadily and this isn't a book that you will get bogged down in.
Chapters describe the technology itself, the problems with it, how far the military has ... Read More
Rating: - A New Concept in Weapons Whose Time is Coming
The basic concept of virtually all weapons is to apply energy to a target at come distance from the 'shooter.' The energy may be concentrated at the point of an arrow, a bullet, or there may be an energy source located in the projectile such as an explosive.
Directed energy weapons do away with this concept. Pure energy is sent to the target with no projectile being involved. At first this was the concept in the so called Star Wars system put forward by Ronald Reagan. It was ridiculed by ... Read More
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